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Thousands of farmers miss £233m green funding after scheme closes in six hours
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- A £233m sustainable farming incentive scheme for England opened Tuesday and closed same day after six hours due to budget exhaustion.
- The scheme offered government payments to farmers for environmental management and providing public goods as replacement for post-Brexit EU subsidies.
- The National Farmers' Union called for government explanation of the rapid closure and said farmers were left without promised funding.
- Farming groups compared the funding race to online scrambles for concert tickets like Glastonbury or Oasis.
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